Manufacture of wardrobe-hooks



(No Model 0. GLOVER. MANUFACTURE OF WARDROBE HOOKS, No. 453,424.Patented June 2,1891.

I 4 l C) L TI method of manufacture.

UNITED STATES CHARLES GLOVER, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

PATENT OFFICE.

MANUFACTURE OF WARDROBE-HOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,424, dated June 2,1891.

Application filed February 28, 1891. Serial No. 383,173. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEsGLovER, of New Britain, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Manufacture of Wardrobe-Hooks, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any oneskilled in the art can make and use the same.

The objectof my invention is to provide a hook, preferably of aparticular size and kind, adapted for use as a wardrobe-hook, and one ofthe kind having a double hook and two arms springing from anintermediate base by means of which the hook may be secured to a wall orother upright surface.

My invention consists in the method of constructing the hook, as moreparticularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a Wire blank fromwhich the hook is formed. Fig. 2 is a detail side view of the blankafter the first step in the operation of forming the hook. Fig. 3 isaside view of the blank, illustrating a further step in the Fig. 4 is adetail side view of the hook formed to shape and provided withabase-plate. Fig. 5 is a detail rear view of the hook and plate.

In the practice of my invention I make use of a length of wire,preferably of iron, of a suitable size and cutto the length to form ablank, and in the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes such ablank. This wire is preferably round in cross-section, and by means ofsuitable dies the wire is drawn and tapered into the shape shown in theblank I) in Fig. 2, the central portion 1) being left of the normal sizeof the wire and the material drawn so as to taper on any desired linestoward the opposite ends. After having produced the tapered blank,substantially as shown in Fig. 2, the ends are upset by means of a setof dies and heading devices and an integral head 0 formed upon the wireupon one or both ends. Where the hook is to be composed of two arms anintegral head is formed upon each of the upset ends of the wire. Afterhaving thus completed the blank it is bent to shape, substantially asshown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and is provided with a base-plate cl,that is clamped, riveted, soldered, brazed, or in any desirable mannerfirmly secured to the body of the hook, preferably at the larger part.

The base-plate d is preferably formed of a comparatively thin sheet ofmetal cut to the desired outline and formed to shape so as to provideabearing-surface of suficient size to support the hook and whatever maybe hung upon it, holes being provided for the passage of nails or screwsby means of which the hook is fastened in place.

By the practice of my invention, as above described, I am able to use acomparatively inexpensive material, such] as iron or lowgrade steel,that may be formed to shape, as described, and while of less weight thana hook of cast metal, or of a more expensive composition,is yetextremely rigid and adapted to be plated and finished in a manner thatenables it to appear favorably with what aregenerally considered ahigher grade of goods when offered on the market.

My within-described invention is embodied in several different sizes andstyles of hooks,

and I do not limit myself to the particular and restricted shape,conformation, and size illustrated.

I claim as my invention- The improvement in the manufacture ofwardrobe-hooks, that consists in first drawing out and tapering a pieceof wire, then upsetting the end and forming an integral head, thenbending the hook to shape, and then securing the base-piece to the bodyof the hook, all substantially as described.

CHARLES GLOVER.

\Vitnesses:

E. L. PRIOR, A. N. ABBY.

